Spent the day on the hill demoing some of the 2016 stuff today. Unfortunately, I was not able to get my hands on a Rally in my size. The Rally and Titan were two of the more popular skis of the demo, they were unavailable most of the day. I'm going to post a link to Dawgcatching's review of the Rally/Titan. As far as I'm concerned, he totally nailed it on both of them. There's nothing I would change or add to his reviews, so I'm not going to bother trying. https://www.dawgcatching.com/blog/ski/2 ... y-vs-titan
Had a chance to try the new Head Monster 88. Conditions were warm and Spring like today, far different than the bitterly cold weather we've had this winter. So it was definitely spring skiing, and ideal conditions for testing some all mountain skis. The 88's were one of the two best skis I tried today. Really not much to dislike. Easy transitions, easy to control speed, fairly stout, but not so much that it bounced you around. Just an enjoyable ski. Also liked the Fischer Motive 86, similar the Monster 88, very stable in crud, although I skied the Fischer in a 182, while the 88's were a 177.
Tried the Blizzard X8, which is next year's version of the 2015 Blizzard Power 810. 81 waist, competes in the same category as the Head Titan. Too stiff for the conditions, felt very much like a Volkl, wouldn't want to ski them all day in soft snow. Wanted to lock into one turn shape. Probably a much better hard snow ski, but the Titan was the clear winner in that comparison.